What counts as a healthy society in America is a perennial concern. Today, as we live increasingly atomized lives, social cohesion and strengthening are more important than ever.
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Trump v. Affirmative Action
Many now believe that, after generations of persistence, affirmative action is finally about to die. They're wrong.
The Breaking Point of a Republic
The history of citizenship is not a simple story of inclusion and progress. It's also a story of strain.
The Necessary Limits of Mercy
Americans have always been unusually vulnerable to appeals framed in the language of mercy, equality, and procedural justice.
Affirmative Action: Our ‘Unslayable Ghoul’
No matter how often it is invalidated, condemned, or banned, it returns — reshaped, renamed, and newly justified.
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How Much of Today’s ‘Racism’ Is Manufactured?
The real problem with racism in America today is that demand far outstrips supply. Where does the demand come…
Racism in America Today
Racism in America today is, to a very significant degree, a manufactured problem, crafted by…
American Maoism
There is much to be learned by confronting the deep pathologies at the heart of the ideological deformation of reality.
The Anti-Racism Racket
There is no current idea so destructive as the fiction that America is systemically racist. Beyond its falsity, there…
Preserving the American Way of Life
Republicans are somewhat lost. And that may be, in part, because they are not exactly sure where they want to…
A Patriot Speaks
Good character is a manifestation of the capacity of citizens to govern themselves. It is the true ground on which…